Mr. jr. Miers on some genera of the Icacinacese, 39^^ 



This species greatly resembles M. foetida ; the nervures of the 

 leaves are sometimes a little barbate at base. The leaves are 

 5^ inches long, 2| inches broad, on a petiole of 1 or 1^ inch in 

 length. It is one of the commonest plants of Ceylon, and called 

 by the natives Gandapang, meaning ^' stinking lamp," on account 

 of the extremely foetid odour of its flowers. 



7. Mappia Championiana, n. sp. ; — cortice suberoso, foliis ob- 

 longis, apice attenuatis, costse summo imoque recurvis hinc 

 subconduplicatis, textura tenuibus, utrinque sparse pubescenti- 

 bus, subtus pallide flavidis, nervis paucijugisprominentibus et 

 rufulis, reticulato-venosis, venulis in areolis liberis et furcatis : 

 panicuia cymoso-terminali, longe stipitata, 2-3-chotome ra- 

 mosa, ramis elongatis gracilibus, floribus crebris dense pilosis, 

 odore foetidis ; drupa ovali, putamine rugoso. — Ceylon ; v. s, in 



" herb. Champ, et Hook. (Col. Walker, Major Champion), m^n 



The leaves in this species are 4^ to 7 inches long, 2\ to 8 inches 

 broad, on a petiole f to 1 inch in length. It is certainly differ- 

 ent both from the M. Gardneriana and M. foetida, having leaves 

 of much thinner texture, beautifully reticulated, and with fewer 

 nervures, these scarcely exceeding 5 pairs : its flower stem and 

 branchlets are much more slender : on account of the foetid odour 

 of its flowers, it also bears the vernacular name of Ganda pang. 



8. Mappia Wightiana, n. sp. ; — foliis lanceolato-oblongis apice 

 subito attenuatis, a medio ad basin gradatim angustioribus 

 textura tenuibus, utrinque glabris, subtus glaucescenti-pallidis, 

 nervis rufulis, eleganter reticulatis, venulis in areolis liberis et 

 furcatis, margine revolutis, petiolo gracili caualiculato, costa- 

 que sparse pubescentibus : panicuia terminali dichotome 

 ramosa, sparse pubescente, floribus adpresse pilosis, calyce bre- 

 vissimo, denticulato, hirsuto, disco intus longissime hirto. — 

 Madras; v. s. in herb. Hook. (Wight, 'Beureria? ' no. 647). 



This is certainly a very distinct species, and bears much 

 analogy with the preceding : it is distinguishable by the shape 

 and greater length of its more flattened leaves, which are almost 

 membranaceous in texture, their reticulations being regularly 

 knastomosed like the fronds of some ferns; the leaves are 7 to 

 8 inches long, 3 inches broad, on a petiole If in length; the 

 raceme is 3 inches long; the flowers are remarkable for the 

 greater rigidity of the pubescence, for the small size of their 

 hirsute calyx, and for the length of the rigid hairs that spring 

 from the internal face of the cupular disk, which form a close 

 erect crown, concealing more than half the ovarium. 



9. Mappia tomentosa, n. sp. ; — foliis oblongis, basi obtusis, apice 

 acuminatis, vix attenuatis, coriaceis, supra glabriusculis, nervis 



